Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies; after the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis in 2001, the Raptors were the only Canadian NBA team left. After the acquisition of Vince Carter in 1998, the team made the playoffs in 2000, 2001, and 2002, but Carter was traded to the New Jersey Nets in 2004. After Carter left, Chris Bosh became the new team leader, and the team advanced to the playoffs in 2007-2008. Bosh departed for the Miami Heat in 2010, and the Raptors returned to the playoffs in 2014 with Masai Ujiri, Kyle Lowry, and DeMar DeRozan as its leaders. In 2018, the Raptors reached their most successful regular season, but they traded DeRozan for Kawhi Leonard that summer.